swilow
Bluelight Crew
I was wondering what you guys thought of this novel written by Elie Wiesel- Night (his wifes translation). It deals with his experience of being taken from his Transylvanian village by the NAZI's during WW1, and transported to Auschwitz, and details of the horror's of those camps. I recently read this novel, and it has really changed the way I see the current state of affiars in some parts of the world- and indeed, large chunks of history. For this story to be true, as it is, is THE book for the human race IMO. Never has such utter darkness- or the Kingdom of Night as Wiesel puts it- descended on humanity...
To forgot for one second that human beings comitted the Holocaust; indeed, the entire world who said and did nothing until it was too late; is a grievous error, as it is one of the truest depictions of reality gone wrong.
The story is oddly written, in that he often refers to himself as "we", but you get the feeling of the herd and animal unity that the Jews had during that last year, that was forcecd on them by the Holocaust. The SS were literally throwing infants and children directly into a furnace on the night of his arrival to Auschwitz....
Here is a link to his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Price in 1993 http://www.pbs.org/eliewiesel/nobel/index.html
Unbearably painful and moving. I cannot believe that this atrocity happpened to one single boy, let alone millions.
God have mercy on us, or at least remember your children
To forgot for one second that human beings comitted the Holocaust; indeed, the entire world who said and did nothing until it was too late; is a grievous error, as it is one of the truest depictions of reality gone wrong.
.Elie Wiesel said:
The story is oddly written, in that he often refers to himself as "we", but you get the feeling of the herd and animal unity that the Jews had during that last year, that was forcecd on them by the Holocaust. The SS were literally throwing infants and children directly into a furnace on the night of his arrival to Auschwitz....
Here is a link to his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Price in 1993 http://www.pbs.org/eliewiesel/nobel/index.html
Unbearably painful and moving. I cannot believe that this atrocity happpened to one single boy, let alone millions.
God have mercy on us, or at least remember your children
